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dissenting

adjective as in disagreeing

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adjective as in dissident

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NEW ORLEANS — John Boehner was reelected House Speaker yesterday by his Republican colleagues despite some dissenting members.

The only dissenting colleague said, “It reminds me of the head of a pharaoh.”

And even the primary dissenting opinion used a version of originalism.

When there were dissenting opinions, the plan was to note them in the footnotes.

Religious liberty, Jefferson argued, denies the majority any right to coerce a dissenting minority, even one hostile to religion.

She waved a dissenting hand, and went on, paying no further heed to their renewed cries which sought to detain her.

He was born in Wales, and educated for a dissenting minister, and officiated as such more than 40 years.

The memorable resolution, declaring the North American colonies independent, passed by congress, without one dissenting colony.

I am sorry I cannot discover my opinion of this kind of writing, without dissenting much from his, whose memory I love and honour.

Another "mad enthusiast for liberty" and "one or two dissenting Divines" were also apprehended.

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On this page you'll find 141 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dissenting, such as: grumbling, protesting, whining, accusing, bellyaching, and bewailing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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